DV Lightner

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

DV Lightner is a scholar working on Immunology, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, DV Lightner has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Insect Science and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in DV Lightner's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (29 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). DV Lightner is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (29 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). DV Lightner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Colombia. DV Lightner's co-authors include KFJ Tang, CR Pantoja, RM Redman, Liem Tran, K. Fitzsimmons, L. Nunan, David H. Lewis, J‐R Bonami, Marc Le Groumellec and J Mari and has published in prestigious journals such as Diseases of Aquatic Organisms and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

DV Lightner

39 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Determination of the infectious nature of the agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome affecting penaeid shrimp
    2013 751 citations Liem Tran, L. Nunan et al. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
DV Lightner United States 25 2.1k 663 603 477 432 39 2.4k
CR Pantoja United States 15 1.3k 0.6× 436 0.7× 373 0.6× 313 0.7× 290 0.7× 19 1.6k
RM Redman United States 10 1.3k 0.6× 358 0.5× 358 0.6× 376 0.8× 252 0.6× 11 1.5k
Kathy F.J. Tang United States 26 2.0k 0.9× 571 0.9× 354 0.6× 602 1.3× 1.0k 2.4× 67 3.3k
Sombat Rukpratanporn Thailand 19 1.1k 0.5× 399 0.6× 252 0.4× 274 0.6× 382 0.9× 43 1.4k
John P. Hawke United States 25 1.3k 0.6× 319 0.5× 479 0.8× 69 0.1× 516 1.2× 52 1.7k
Victoria Alday‐Sanz Belgium 19 1.2k 0.6× 386 0.6× 102 0.2× 452 0.9× 249 0.6× 27 1.5k
Channarong Rodkhum Thailand 29 1.8k 0.9× 714 1.1× 551 0.9× 34 0.1× 494 1.1× 112 2.3k
Win Surachetpong Thailand 25 1.4k 0.7× 362 0.5× 271 0.4× 71 0.1× 327 0.8× 88 1.9k
Donald F. Amend United States 30 2.4k 1.2× 962 1.5× 614 1.0× 50 0.1× 369 0.9× 58 3.0k
José Luis Múzquiz Spain 15 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 2.4× 253 0.4× 71 0.1× 616 1.4× 34 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by DV Lightner

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Fields of papers citing papers by DV Lightner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of DV Lightner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of DV Lightner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of DV Lightner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with DV Lightner. DV Lightner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tang, KFJ, Marc Le Groumellec, & DV Lightner. (2013). Novel, closely related, white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) genotypes from Madagascar, Mozambique and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 106(1). 1–6. 26 indexed citations
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Tran, Liem, L. Nunan, RM Redman, et al.. (2013). Determination of the infectious nature of the agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome affecting penaeid shrimp. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 105(1). 45–55. 751 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, KFJ, et al.. (2011). Ultrastructural and sequence characterization of Penaeus vannamei nodavirus (PvNV) from Belize. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 94(3). 179–187. 14 indexed citations
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Lightner, DV, et al.. (2009). Case reports of melamine-induced pathology in penaeid shrimp fed adulterated feeds. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 86(2). 107–112. 8 indexed citations
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Pantoja, Christina, et al.. (2008). Improvement of a PCR method for the detection of necrotizing hepatopancreatitis in shrimp. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 80(1). 69–73. 17 indexed citations
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Tang, KFJ, CR Pantoja, & DV Lightner. (2008). Nucleotide sequence of a Madagascar hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) and comparison of genetic variation among geographic isolates. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 80(2). 105–112. 27 indexed citations
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Tang, KFJ, CR Pantoja, RM Redman, & DV Lightner. (2007). Development of in situ hybridization and RT-PCR assay for the detection of a nodavirus (PvNV) that causes muscle necrosis in Penaeus vannamei. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 75(3). 183–190. 63 indexed citations
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Lightner, DV, et al.. (2007). Taura syndrome virus in specific pathogen-free Penaeus vannamei originating from Hawaii and in P. vannamei stocks farmed in France?. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 74(1). 77–79. 4 indexed citations
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Lightner, DV, et al.. (2006). Viral interference between infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus and white spot syndrome virus in Litopenaeus vannamei. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 72(2). 179–184. 29 indexed citations
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Srisuvan, Thinnarat, et al.. (2006). Comparison of four Taura syndrome virus (TSV) isolates in oral challenge studies with Litopenaeus vannamei unselected or selected for resistance to TSV. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 71(1). 1–10. 19 indexed citations
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Srisuvan, Thinnarat, et al.. (2006). Ultrastructure of the replication site in Taura syndrome virus (TSV)-infected cells. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 73(2). 89–101. 1 indexed citations
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Srisuvan, Thinnarat, KFJ Tang, & DV Lightner. (2005). Experimental infection of Penaeus monodon with Taura syndrome virus (TSV). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 67(1-2). 1–8. 20 indexed citations
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Tang, KFJ, et al.. (2005). Taura syndrome virus from Belize represents a unique variant. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 64(2). 91–98. 28 indexed citations
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Noble, Brie N., et al.. (2003). Experimental infection of Penaeus vannamei by a rickettsia-like bacterium (RLB) originating from P. monodon. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 54(1). 43–48. 12 indexed citations
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Lightner, DV, et al.. (2002). Detection of Taura syndrome virus (TSV) strain differences using selected diagnostic methods: diagnostic implications in penaeid shrimp. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 52(1). 1–10. 32 indexed citations
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Tang, KFJ & DV Lightner. (1999). A yellow head virus gene probe:nucleotide sequence and application for in situ hybridization. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 35(3). 165–173. 58 indexed citations
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Mari, J, J‐R Bonami, & DV Lightner. (1998). Taura syndrome of penaeid shrimp:cloning of viral genome fragments and development of specific gene probes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 33(1). 11–17. 50 indexed citations

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